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Shozab Raza (b. 1997, Sialkot, Pakistan) is a Boston-based Visual Designer and Creative Technologist. His work explores visual, interaction, and generative design. He designs interactive machines that mimic biological behavior. He aims to go beyond biomimicry and focus on bioemulation using machine learning and material research/fabrication.

He has worked with companies such as Coca-Cola, KFC, PepsiCo, SharkNinja, and Universal Music, among others. His work has been featured at venues like the Museum of Science, MIT, and Boston Cyberarts. Shozab recently completed an MFA and teaches generative design at MassArt and Boston University. In his free time, he enjoys live coding for raves, musicals, and theatrical performances.

Projects include but are not limited to, interactive installations, generative visuals, creative coding, performance, murals, research books, and a generative program that visualizes data based on his water intake and urination patterns.

SKILLS AND TOOLS
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Creative Coding
Illustration
Fabrication
Prototyping
Graphic Design
Web Design
Additive Manufacturing
Theater Lighting
Multimedia
Writing
Interactive Systems
Projection Mapping
Performance
UPCOMING

2025 — Lecturer (Communication Design),  Boston University

2025 — Curation (Time Machines - A Multimedia Exhibition), Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA, US

2025 — Public Art Installation, Wheaton College, Norton MA,  US

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO

2023 — Material Nature (Solo Exhibition), Godine Gallery, Boston, MA, United States

CURATED

2023 — Fresh Media 2023, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Boston, MA, United States

2023 — Material Nature (Solo Exhibition), Godine Gallery, Boston, MA, United States

SELECTED

2024 — Interactive Installation (Diwali Soiree - Governor Maura Healey),  The Foundry, Cambridge MA, US

2024 — Infection, Spark - Northeastern University, Cambridge MA, US

2024 — Naamyaati Machine, Waveforms, Museum of Science, Boston, MA

2024 — Naamyaati Machine, 1 Hour Party, Hue Boston, MA

2024 — Transhumanism 4, Looking Backward, Looking Forward, Doran Gallery, Boston, MA

2024 — Transhumanism 3, Bioarts Science Bonanza, DMC Massart, Boston, MA

2024 — Transhumanism (woodcut), Print Forward, Frances Euphemia Thompson, Boston, MA

2024 — Membrane, Fresh Media 2024, Boston Cyberarts, Boston, MA

2024 — Transhumanism, Face It, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA

2023 — Membrane, Interaction Design Exhibit, Stata Center MIT, Cambridge, MA

2023 — Holiday Smallworks, Cambridge Association of the Arts, Cambridge, MA

2023 — Transhumanism, The Away Show, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA

2023 — Naamyaati Machine, Design Biennial 2023, Massart x SoWa, Boston, MA

2023 — Naamyaati Machine, DRIFT, Patricia Doran Gallery, Boston, MA

2023 — Naamyaati Machine, Fresh Media 2023, Boston Cyberarts, Boston, MA

2022 — Transhumanism, Design Biennial 2022, Massart x SoWa, Boston, MA

2022 — Transhumanism, The Away Show, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA

2022 — Transhumanism, Spooky Gallery, Massart Vision Magazine, Boston, MA

PERFORMANCES

2024 — VOID, Stagehack (Boston Tech Poetics), MIT Theater Arts, Cambridge, MA

2024 — Live Visuals, Transporter, Boston Cyberarts, Boston, MA

2023 — Enso Resonance, Hunneman Hall (Brookline Public Library), Boston, MA

2023 — Enso Resonance, Burnes Hall (New England Conservatory), Boston, MA

2023 — Dreamcatcher (Direction/Solo Performance), Pozen Center, Boston, MA

2020 — & Then (Direction), National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan

2019 — The Trial (Direction/Lead Performance), Lahore Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan

2018 — Plague (Direction/Performance), National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan

2017 — The Resurrection (Antagonist), National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan

2017 — The Typewriter, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan

AWARDS

2024 — Graduate award for Big Bold Creative Thinking, Massart, Boston MA, US

2023 — AICAD Fellowship (Nominated)

2022 — Graduate Dean's Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US

2021 — Graduated with Distinction, Highest test score, National College of Arts, Lahore, PK

2019 — Best Director (& Then), UCPAF, Lahore, PK

2019 — Best Technicals - Lighting Design (& Then), UCPAF, Lahore, PK

2019 — Best Production Design (& Then), Farewell Festival NCA, Lahore, PK

2019 — Best Performance (& Then), Farewell Festival NCA, Lahore, PK

FEATURES

2024 — Boston Immersive Music Festival (Boston Cyberarts), WBUR (Radio and Article)

2024 — Bold Journey (Article/Interview)

2023 — New Media Art (Digital)

2022 — Massart Vision Magazine, Spooky Gallery

TEACHING & WORKSHOPS

2024 — Instructor (Generative Design), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US

2024 — Instructor (Digital and Time-based Media), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US

2024 — Instructor (Graphic Design), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US

2024 — Teaching Assistant (Design & Performance), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US

2024 — Workshop (Mime Performance), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US

2023 — Teaching Assistant (Artists Journal), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US

2023 — Teaching Assistant (Electronic Projects for Artists), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US

2022 — Workshop (MIME Performance), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US

2018 - 2019 — Direction (MIME Theater), Neo Transitional Mime, National College of Arts, Lahore, PK

EDUCATION

2024 — MFA, Dynamic Media Institute, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, US

2024 — UX Design (Certificate), Google

2023 — Interaction Design and Projection (Elective), MIT Theater Arts, Cambridge MA, US

2021 — BFA  in Visual Communication Design, National College of Arts, Lahore, PK

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